Lgbtq

While 2020 brought diversity to the forefront of many physicians’ minds, 2021 brought about more concrete action.

Research has shown that many patients in the LGBTQIA+ community experience health care discrimination and avoid health care out of fear of mistreatment.

Collaboration, understanding a youth’s goals and detailing a transition plan are three ways providers can help transgender adolescents shift from pediatric to adult care, according to findings published in LGBT Health.

Puberty suppression and gender-affirming HT are not complicated treatments, meaning it does not necessarily require training in pediatric endocrinology.

For care with nonbinary children, there are no guidelines, there is very little experience, and all the knowledge we have is anecdotal. There is also not enough research.

In a little more than a decade, access to gender-affirming care for minors has increased greatly across the U.S.

The AMA announced that it recently adopted a policy that will support removing a person’s sex designation from the public portion of birth certificates.

Transgender adults were more likely to report better mental health outcomes after having gender-affirming surgery compared with those who wish to have surgery, but have yet to undergo a procedure, according to study data.

Patients who are HIV positive and members of the LGBT community experience disparities in dermatologic treatment, which clinicians can work to change in order to positively affect a patient’s experience.

Marginalization and stigma are directly related to poor physical and mental health outcomes, according to a speaker at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting, held virtually.